by CMAJ News | Apr 27, 2018 | Archive, Health News Recaps, Lauren Vogel
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | April 27, 2018 Hospitalizations for asthma among Canadians under age 20 have dropped by almost half (from 154 per 100 000 to 75 per 100 000) over the past decade, likely due to improvements in prevention, treatment and management of the disease....
by CMAJ News | Apr 26, 2018 | Archive, Latest, Wendy Glauser
Outdated contract for rural doctors is affecting patient care Wendy Glauser | Toronto | April 26, 2018 Recruiting physicians to rural communities is an ongoing struggle in Canada. Doctors in rural and northern Ontario say their outdated contract is making it difficult...
by CMAJ News | Apr 25, 2018 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Making the best of Canada’s worsening residency mismatch Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | April 25, 2018 Medical schools and trainees are ramping up supports for the growing number of Canadian medical graduates shut out of residency. More Canadian medical graduates than ever...
by CMAJ News | Apr 24, 2018 | Archive, Latest, Pat Rich
Patients seeking more involvement at medical meetings Pat Rich | Ottawa | April 24, 2018 Patient groups want patients to have more time at the microphones at medical conferences. Patient involvement at clinical and health policy conferences in Canada is fast becoming...
by CMAJ News | Apr 20, 2018 | Archive, Health News Recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | April 20, 2018 Canada should adopt a universal, single-payer pharmacare system instead of attempting to plug gaps between private and public drug insurance systems, recommended The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health. The committee...
